Melocarduus
Tabernaemontanus, nom. inval. (1588)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Jacobus Theodorus Tabernaemontanus |
A pre-Linnaean name. Greek melon or Latin mēlo ‘melon’ + Latin cārduus ‘thistle’. For the round plant body and the spination. See also Echinomelocactus.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 02). Melocarduus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/melocarduus